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Your gifts spark research, creativity and collaboration across the Forty Acres, inspiring Longhorn leaders to find innovative solutions to challenging issues on campus and beyond. These stories highlight the remarkable ways we’re improving lives and changing futures together.
A West Coast Longhorn

A West Coast Longhorn

A California family with no prior ties to UT Austin became some of its biggest advocates, and created an endowment to help future Longhorns do the same.

Video: Leaders of the Future Start Now

Video: Leaders of the Future Start Now

First-gen student Camila van der Maal has set goals that have been fueled by donors and guided by faculty mentorship. Watch this powerful story of how UT’s exceptional faculty challenge students to lead the future — and how your gifts can change a student’s world.

Leader in the Making

Leader in the Making

Andrew Doty, B.S. ’25, part of the UT-led FLARE-X team, helped build an autonomous fleet of small aircraft focused on early detection and suppression of wildfires.

Turning Ideas Into Action

Turning Ideas Into Action

With the support to explore her interests, Alyssia Menezes turned curiosity into meaningful impact on campus and beyond.

National Powerhouse

National Powerhouse

The Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease is redefining what’s possible and doing what once was unimaginable.

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